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Karsten Solheim: United States
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Karsten Solheim was born in Bergin, Norway, on 15th September, 1911. The family emigrated to the United States and settled in Seattle. He worked with his father as a shoemaker but had ambitions of becoming a mechanical aeronautical engineer.
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Solheim's father was a shoemaker, and the family emigrated to Seattle in the United States when Solheim was young. Solheim became an engineer and took up golf at the age of 42 when his colleagues at General Electric invited him to make up a foursome. He found that his main problem was putting, so he designed himself a revolutionary putter. Instead of attaching the shaft at the heel of the blade, he attached it in the center. He applied scientific principles to golf club design, which had previously been based largely on trial and error, transferring much of the weight of the club head to the perimeter.
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Bivens said the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour are happy with their Solheim Cup TV arrangements. In the United States, Golf Channel will air the entire Solheim Cup live, beginning at 2 a.m. EDT on Friday, then again on replay in the evening. The event received extensive coverage on NBC through 2002, but Golf Channel took over exclusive coverage in the United States in 2003. NBC is televising the Tour Championship this year.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 18, 2006 – The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) today announced that the 2009 Solheim Cup will be played from Aug. 21-23. The 2009 Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., will be the 11th staging of the event and the sixth in the United States, where the U.S. Solheim Cup Team has a perfect 5-0 record.
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